By Invitation & Approval Only: AI Founders ($10M-$100M+ ARR/Funding), Enterprise Leaders & VCs 🚀
AI founders are building in a market where enterprise adoption, investor conviction, and competitive intensity are all moving quickly. But the most useful conversations — what customers are actually buying, how investors are underwriting AI companies, and where durable application-layer opportunities are emerging — rarely happen in public.
This private, off-the-record dinner brings together a curated group of AI founders, investors, and enterprise leaders for a candid peer-level discussion anchored by investment directors from SoftBank Vision Fund and YZi Labs.
Together, we will discuss where the AI market is heading, what enterprise adoption is actually looking like, how investors are evaluating the next wave of AI companies, and what it takes to build and scale application-layer AI businesses with lasting value.
The evening will follow Chatham House Rule to create a candid environment for open discussion among peers.
The evening includes:
- An intimate fireside chat + live AMA with investment directors from SoftBank Vision Fund and YZi Labs
- AI-powered curated seating designed to maximize relevant peer connections
- Off-the-record discussions with fellow founders, investors, and enterprise leaders
- Networking before and after the discussion
- A complimentary three-course dinner in a private dining room in San Francisco
Speakers:Jessica Gao, Investment Director, SoftBank Vision Fund: Jessica Gao is an Investment Director at SoftBank Vision Fund, where she leads investments in AI applications, data infrastructure, and enterprise software. Since joining SoftBank in 2019, she has focused on identifying and backing high-growth technology companies across the AI ecosystem. Prior to SoftBank, Jessica worked in investment banking in New York, bringing extensive experience evaluating technology businesses, market opportunities, and founder-led companies.
Jing Xiong, Investment Director, YZi Labs ($10B AUM): Jing is an Investment Director at YZi Labs ($10B+ AUM family office of Binance’s Co-Founder) and leads their AI investments. She's a Co-Author of Gemini 2.5 and previously tech lead at Google Lens.
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Ashurst Perkins Coie:
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Virio: Virio creates LinkedIn content for B2B founders and executives to drive pipeline. They've cracked the playbook on targeted content for B2B companies to get in front of specific logos and decision makers, helping B2B companies generate more than $110M
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SF Private AI Founders Dinner feat. Investment Directors at SoftBank Vision Fund & YZi Labs ($10B+ AUM)
Speakers
Jessica G.
Investment Director
SoftBank Vision Fund
Jing X.
Investment Director
$10B AUM
YZi Labs
Thu, Jul 09, 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM (PDT)
Venue shown to approved attendees (San Francisco)
25 attendees
FullBy Invitation & Approval Only: AI Founders ($10M-$100M+ ARR/Funding), Enterprise Leaders & VCs 🚀
AI founders are building in a market where enterprise adoption, investor conviction, and competitive intensity are all moving quickly. But the most useful conversations — what customers are actually buying, how investors are underwriting AI companies, and where durable application-layer opportunities are emerging — rarely happen in public.
This private, off-the-record dinner brings together a curated group of AI founders, investors, and enterprise leaders for a candid peer-level discussion anchored by investment directors from SoftBank Vision Fund and YZi Labs.
Together, we will discuss where the AI market is heading, what enterprise adoption is actually looking like, how investors are evaluating the next wave of AI companies, and what it takes to build and scale application-layer AI businesses with lasting value.
The evening will follow Chatham House Rule to create a candid environment for open discussion among peers.
The evening includes:
Jessica Gao, Investment Director, SoftBank Vision Fund: Jessica Gao is an Investment Director at SoftBank Vision Fund, where she leads investments in AI applications, data infrastructure, and enterprise software. Since joining SoftBank in 2019, she has focused on identifying and backing high-growth technology companies across the AI ecosystem. Prior to SoftBank, Jessica worked in investment banking in New York, bringing extensive experience evaluating technology businesses, market opportunities, and founder-led companies.
Jing Xiong, Investment Director, YZi Labs ($10B AUM): Jing is an Investment Director at YZi Labs ($10B+ AUM family office of Binance’s Co-Founder) and leads their AI investments. She's a Co-Author of Gemini 2.5 and previously tech lead at Google Lens.
Brought to you by:
Howdy.com: Howdy helps U.S. companies hire and manage top software engineers across Latin America, handling everything from sourcing to payroll—so teams can scale faster with talent in their time zone.
See how Howdy can help you find and manage exceptional talent. Schedule your demo today at howdy.com/book-a-demo.
Ashurst Perkins Coie:
Ashurst Perkins Coie’s lawyers advise innovative startups and investors from formation to exit, offering practical legal and business counsel for financing, growth, governance, strategic transactions, and exits.
Virio: Virio creates LinkedIn content for B2B founders and executives to drive pipeline. They've cracked the playbook on targeted content for B2B companies to get in front of specific logos and decision makers, helping B2B companies generate more than $110M
Interfaze:
A new model architecture for deterministic tasks achieving the highest accuracy, precision and consistency for tasks like OCR, Audio understanding, Structured Data Extraction and more
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